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100
What was Richard Nixon's Southern Strategy?
slowing civil rights and opposing school busing to achieve racial balance.
100
How was the Presidency of Gerald Ford was different from all previous Presidencies?
He was not elected to either the Presidency or the Vice-Presidency
100
The bombing of the World Trade Center in NYC in 1993 was an example of the growth of which of the following issues at the end of the 20th century?
Terrorism
100
Which region has contributed the most to immigration to the US in the 21st century?
Latin America
100
What significant event happened in 2008?
Barack Obama won election as the first African American president in history
200
A major goal of the Republican Party since the 1980s has been to do what?
Cut federal taxes, increase family/Christian values in society, shrink the size of the federal government
200
Why was President Richard Nixon’s visit to the People’s Republic of China in 1972 significant?
reduced tensions between the United States and Communist China, it was the first time a US president visited the country
200
Why did the US sent military forces to the Balkans in the 1990s?
To prevent ethnic conflict from resulting in broader political and economic problems
200
The pursuit of which economic foreign policy objective cost President Clinton the support of labor unions?
(NAFTA)
200
In 1999, President Clinton authorized U.S.-led NATO forces to launch a bombing campaign against what nation?
Serbia
300
In contrast to the Old Right, many New Right activists of the 1980s were most concerned about what?
cultural and social issues.
300
What was the main significance of the Watergate affair?
showed that the laws of the United States are superior to the actions of a President
300
The Camp David accords negotiated during President Jimmy Carter’s administration were an attempt to do what?
Bring peace between Israel & Palestine
300
Which president hurt his chances at reelection when he broke a campaign promise and raised taxes?
George HW Bush
300
Government-sponsored research has helped greatly reduce the spread of what disease?
AIDS
400
The policy objectives of Reaganomics were based on what theory?
Broad tax cuts and financial deregulation would promote economic expansion
400
“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall “ was said by whom?
Ronald Reagan
400
What was one direct result of the Persian Gulf War?
The US liberated Kuwait from Iraqi control
400
The razor-thin 2000 presidential election was finally settled by what?
the Supreme Court's ruling ending a recount of Florida's votes.
400
President Bush declared the War on Terror in response to what event?
The attacks on September 11, 2001
500
The Iran-Contra Affair essentially involved what?
selling arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and using the profits to illegally fund the Nicaraguan Contras.
500
What was the most controversial action of Gerald Ford's presidency?
pardoning Nixon
500
To President George W. Bush, "the axis of evil" that menaced American security consisted of what nations?
Iran, Iraq, and North Korea.
500
What was implemented as a result of Obama’s domestic plan?
An economic stimulus package
500
Which countries signed the Camp David Accords?
Israel, Egypt and the US